Sorry I couldn't answer this sooner - I just got back from a trip overseas!! Literally. I got off the plane two hours ago. Anyway. ONE BAMBOO...
Thanks. The two pens at the top are Montblanc Meisterstuck knockoffs. Extremely extremely common. The genuine ones of these models are about...
Well they're not magnetic, I can tell you that much. Either way, I think it's cool. If it's breaking some site rule against posting fake stuff,...
Well I'm not a coin collector in general, I collect silver and general antiques. Unfortunately, carrying a magnet around with me all the time just...
Inexpensive, cheap, whatever...a discount of nearly 50% is good in anybody's books, especially when it was already super cheap.
As far as silver watch-chains go, it was pretty cheap.
Silver-coin jewelry was very popular in the early 1900s. I've seen bracelets, cufflinks, belts, necklaces, belt-buckles, brooches, watch-fobs,...
This particular chain, yes. Each link has a little lion-passant. Man that must've been a lot of work!! Feel sorry for the assay-marker!
Something I picked up at a watch-&-clock fair in town today. It's a solid silver chatelaine-fob and watch chain, made out of silver coins. From...
Very swank! Will you be rebuilding the interior?
Beautiful stick! I'd say it was gilt brass at some point. I like the inscription on the handle - "Christmas 1894". Awwww!!
Yes, I paid $400 for that one. For a number of reasons. 1. It was in very good-to-excellent overall condition. 2. It had minor wear, which was...
It's very interesting, but a quern it ain't. Wrong shape for it. Also, looks kinda small to be a quern...?
The problem with mahjong sets is that they're EXTREMELY common. Literally thousands, millions, were produced every week, every YEAR in China, in...
Yes, this is the newest. Late 20th century manufacture. Chinese set by the looks of it. And yes, be extremely careful with the case - they're...
Chinese sets are always 144 tiles. 152 means it was made specifically for NMJL American mahjong. The presence of the racks would make that obvious...
I bought my set for about $400. Yours will date to the early 1900s. The numbers on the tiles means that it was made for export. Sets weren't...
The biggest problem is knowing which version they play. In America, NMJL (National Mahjong League) rules generally apply. But there are groups...
The game is meant for four players, but I have done two-player and three-player, without altering any aspects of the game. In fact most of the...
The chips are used in scoring the game (don't ask me how, I've never met anybody who could explain scoring to me, in 20 years of playing!!). The...
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